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• two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus
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Example sentence • The rainforest has numerous areae with dense vegetation.
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• The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
Example sentence • The cochleae are important structures within the inner ear.
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• A slight depression or pit in a bone or organ.
Example sentence • The foveae in his eyes were unusually deep and narrow.
6 3 noun n Example sentence • The ancient Roman soldiers wore galeae to protect their heads.
7 3 noun n Example sentence • The ochreae of the cypress tree protect its delicate shoots.
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• A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf.
Example sentence • The caterpillar has ocreae on its legs as a form of protection.
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• The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
Example sentence • The paleae of the grass protect the delicate seeds.
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• membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi
Example sentence • The tracheae of insects are responsible for the transport of oxygen to their tissues.
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• A structure resembling a pulley.
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Example sentence • The zoogleae in the pond create a thick layer of slime.
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Example sentence • The zoeae are the larval stages of many crustaceans.
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Example sentence • The zoogloeae in the water sample were identified through genetic analysis.
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• very small family of New Zealand ferns
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• constituting the order Myricales
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• a family of protoctist containing red algae (Gigartinaceae)
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• quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes
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• all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length
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• chiefly herbaceous plants
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• primitive plants of the Paleozoic
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• alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae; one species
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• widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
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• a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples
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• used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae
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• filamentous anaerobic bacteria
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• used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae)
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• large family including many familiar mushrooms
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• chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
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• fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants
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• perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants
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• cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs
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• snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae
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• used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus
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• chiefly tropical trees or shrubs
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• the family of hornworts (Anthocerotaceae)
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• one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Aphyllanthes
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• chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
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• anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron
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• chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
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• widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
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• one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus
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• family of fungi including some common molds
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• one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae, it is a subfamily of the monocot family Xanthorrhoeaceae in the order Asparagales (Asphodelaceae)
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• plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
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• small motile sulphur bacteria
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• used in some classifications for the genus Azolla
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• typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores
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• family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes
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